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After following the famous Giacomo Casanova through Europe for ten
years, Giacomo's gay brother Benedetto has settled down in Rome
with his German lover. But the Eternal City bores him. He has no
work and no friends. His lover is always busy and away on
assignments for the Vatican secret service. Alone in a big new
house, he is desperate for distraction. Just when idless and
unfulfilled lust threaten to get the better of Benedetto, Carl
Anton accepts an exciting secret mission to Portugal. Preparations
for the long journey are in full swing when the head of the
mission, a young priest, disappears, and the mutilated bodies of
two young men are found. The couple is thrown into an adventure
which tests their love like none before. Marten Weber spent years
researching life in Rome in the 18th century and in the second book
of the Benedetto Casanova cycle delivers both a fascinating and
accurate portrait of the city and a riveting tale of love, madness,
danger and devotion.
Tim and Tim, an elderly couple, have been running a bed &
breakfast in Edinburgh, Scotland, for over thirty years. Their
relationship is one of kind love and deep trust-they tell each
other everything. A handful of lodgers give the old house a lively
character. Jamie, the charming American hunk who won't settle down;
Javier, a Spanish cook who prefers pornography to real people;
Aleysha, an Ugandan refugee and her newborn baby. Into this idyll
burst two attractive young men from Slovakia. Everybody agrees that
they must be a couple-why else would they be staying here? They hug
and cuddle, touch each other openly, and even kiss without shame.
But there is something strange about them. Something does not fit.
Before long, Tim and the nosy lodgers are uncovering a secret
nobody could have expected. A secret which begins to affect
everyone and even threatens to unravel the landlords' long-term
relationship. Marten Weber's most compelling contemporary work to
date, "In the Mirror, a Monster" is a masterpiece of modern
story-telling. A whodunnit without a murder, a thriller without
violence, it is a captivating and authentic mystery novel, rooted
firmly in the localities of Yorkshire and Scotland, but also the
intricate connections of the international gay community. With a
keen ear for dialectical nuances, Marten Weber offers a truly
compelling read. The style is tight and to the point, dramatic and
hilarious, infused with breathtaking clarity and an often magical
ability to lay bare what lies behind our motivations and feelings.
Marten Weber won the Rainbow Literary Award for his portrayal of
Benedetto, Casanova's gay brother. Learn more about the author on
www.martenweber.com.
In a street in Zurich, a man stands confused and bewildered.
There's the bank he needs to go to, and in the hotel, a man who
claims to be his husband and a young boy are waiting. They travel
together across the snow-capped mountains in a train which seems
doomed to derail. He has no memory of his earlier life. Nightmares
of monsters and crawling insects rob him of his sanity. Again and
again, he doubts his senses. Repeatedly, the image of a red-haired
woman enters his mind: he wants to meet her; he knows she holds the
key to this mystery. Then she is there, in the flesh: beautiful,
seductive and irresistible. And his troubles have only started.
Literally bursting with creativity, Marten Weber takes us on a
thrilling ride with this foray into the sci-fi genre. Bodensee
chronicles the confounding journey of three men as they navigate
one terrifying obstacle after another, trapped in a provocative
dream that seems all but inescapable. Full of surprises, twists and
an array of dashing young men who battle it out-a battle of minds
and perceptions-is this a vision of our future? Then she is there,
in Milan, beautiful, seductive and irresistible. And his troubles
have only just started.
Sometime at the beginning of the last century, Jeremiah Hudgejaw,
American business magnate and socialite, is returning from England
with his daughter Vivian. A boisterous monomaniac, he has a few
peculiarities that guarantee a humorous crossing aboard the RMS
Noricum: for one, he is a moralist, and nothing rails him more than
the lavender menace-an interesting quirk for someone with an
inability to distinguish between genders. At the same time, he
fights for women's equality and despises the English class system.
Joining him on this highly entertaining voyage are a young
Australian and his father, an Austrian psychiatrist and his
colleagues, a Swiss doctor with wife and mistress, a Scottish
museum curator and his male companion, and finally, shipmates Jack
and Jimmy, who enjoy nothing more than each other's company-and
each other's bodies. Jeremiah Hudgejaw is a highly entertaining
historical satire that takes a tongue-in-cheek look at topics which
are very relevant a century on.
Marten Weber's Gabriel is a complex tale of innocence lost and love
won. Against the backdrop of a rising China, we witness culture
shock and racism, cruelty and greed, while also gaining a
fascinating insight into the world of diplomacy and big business.
Overwhelmed by the world around them, two men lose everything they
believe in, in order to find each other. This fantastic tale of a
modern-day angel is a parable of human avarice and selfishness, a
political thriller, a story of self-discovery, but ultimately a
simple love story.
No doubt you have heard of Casanova, the famous womanizer, and
maybe you've seen the movie, or read the account of his life. But
did you know he may have had a gay brother? Benedetto, a few years
Giacomo's junior, was pressed into service of the Church, to follow
the famous lover of women through the courts of Europe. On the way
he had amorous adventures with countless men, but, unlike his
brother, fell in love and kept alive a romantic relationship with a
strapping German soldier over time and distance. Benedetto
Casanova's (fictional) memoirs were discovered only in 1881, when
an English traveler rummaging through a private library in Rome
found them glued to the pages of a book. They were written in
Italian and have never before been published in English. Marten
Weber delivers a wonderful "translation" of this challenging text,
full of linguistic cunning and his usual talent for breathtaking
eroticism.
Imagine you are a gay man approaching mid-life in the Silicon
Valley: disillusioned, unhappy, bored with life. You have a
monotonous job and can count your friends on one hand; you have
given up on finding love for good. Along comes the perfect man: an
Australian hunk. He is intelligent, witty, suave, well-bred and
stunningly good-looking. Only problem: he is straight. Nevertheless
a friendship develops based on a common interest in fitness, books,
philosophical speculation... and a strange sexual tension. He makes
you a witness to his conquests of women. Step by step he gains
control over you, and the relationship changes...until one day,
disaster strikes... "Shayno is a gritty, honest and well-written
description of a gay man's passion for a straight jock-with
unforeseen consequences." "Deeply moving; immensely erotic, gay and
straight" "Aussie hunks, Asian queens, gorgeous escorts, park
rangers and a mystery to solve...refreshingly different " "Marten
Weber is an author to watch-in any genre "
A Stranger in Triva is an ingenious cycle of stories about gay men
and their lives. Each story offers a glimpse into a relationship,
from Russia and India a century ago; in Asia, the US and Mexico
today. These stories speak of love and devotion, of longing and
erotic pleasure, but also of responsibility, of honor, and of
deceit. As the reader travels from story to story, a magical
narrative emerges which connects all the protagonists in the book
across space and time. Marten Weber has created a cohesive work
with incredible depth that will forever change your mind about what
gay story-telling can be. These are imaginative and beautiful
stories about personal fates, spanning a century and ten countries,
ingeniously linked and told in the educated and engaging style
Weber has become renowned for.
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